{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68df6f255f95c3d4193089e4/69698e5117bb88de8d1f3fcd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Cancer Mortality Rates Are Dropping. Here's Why || Dr Andy Tay on Modern Immunotherapy Research","description":"<p>Cancer. The word alone makes many of us shudder. We all know someone who has battled it, perhaps lost to it. Yet here's the paradox that should give us hope: whilst cancer rates are rising as we live longer, mortality rates are falling dramatically.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr Andy Tay is a Presidential Young Professor at the National University of Singapore, running a laboratory that literally turns our immune cells into warriors against cancer and infectious diseases. In this compelling conversation recorded in Singapore, Andy takes us on a journey from the fundamentals of cancer to the frontiers of treatment.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we cover:</p><ul><li>What cancer actually is</li><li>Why cancer rates are rising but mortality rates are falling</li><li>How immunotherapy transforms your own immune cells into cancer-fighting machines</li><li>The surprising connection between stress and cancer growth through the nervous system</li><li>Why 70% of cancer risk is lifestyle-associated</li><li>How artificial intelligence is accelerating drug development and personalising treatment</li><li>Why \"balance\" is the ultimate health strategy</li></ul>","author_name":"Pod O'Sullivan"}